The latest software and hardware sales charts from Japan have just come to us courtesy of Media Create, and a lot of it is exactly as you would assume- the 3DS and PlayStation 4 are laying all competition to waste, and leading the hardware charts indisputably, while the Wii U and the PS Vita languish in the mid tier. The Xbox One is already seeming like a distant memory.
But it’s on the software side that things get interesting, as we see western centric shooters, like Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Star Wars Battlefront dominate the software charts. Battlefront, as a matter of fact, debuted at #1, and has far exceeded even the most optimistic of predictions about its performance in Japan. It is really something.
The full charts follow, software first:
- Star Wars Battlefront – PS4 – 123,908
- Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book – PS4 – 30,759
- Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book – PS Vita – 25,805
- Omega Labyrinth – PS Vita – 25,113
- Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival – Wii U – 20,303
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – PS4 – 19,355
- Sword Art Online Game Director’s Edition – PS4 – 18,342
- Splatoon – Wii U – 17,681
- Sumikko Gurashi Omise Hajimerun Desu – 3DS – 16,464
- Yo-kai Watch Busters – 3DS – 14,700
- Super Mario Maker – Wii U – 13,184
- Girlfriend Beta Kimi to Sugosu Natsuyasumi – PS Vita – 12,959
- Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book – 11,542
- Disney Magical World 2 – 3DS – 11,530
- Grand Kingdom – PS Vita – 10,720
- Pokemon Rumble World – 3DS – 10,120
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – PS4 – 7,247
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – PS Vita – 7,182
- Project X Zone 2 – 3DS – 7,050
- Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – 3DS – 5,909
And here’s the hardware chart:
- Nintendo 3DS- 35,724
- PS4 – 29,052
- Wii U – 14,684
- PS Vita – 12,841
- PS3 – 1,624
- Xbox One – 889
So… yeah. Looks like Star Wars indeed transcends cultures.